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After Don Jennison died in April 2005, his wife of 50 years, Joyce, wanted to honor him in a special way: Instead of a tombstone, she put $4,000 toward building a school in Kenya to better honor her husband, a former principal.
Sales of fair-trade coffee at the Jennisonsâ church helped raise enough money to fund a schoolhouse, a teacherâs salary for two years, and a latrine. Two years after construction, WE Charity, then known as Free The Children, sent pictures of âDonâs School Houseâ â a tidy cinderblock building with a white plaque embedded in a shield-like concrete mount. âThis school has been built in memory of Don Jennison,â it read, âthrough the generous donation of Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church Toronto, Canad
station . good morning, against all odds at least six people, including two small children pulled alive from the rubble on sunday, as more aid and u.s. troops arrive in haiti. neck and neck, t race to fill the late ted kennedy s senate seat coming down to the wire. it all comes down to tomorrow s vote. and it could decide the fate of health care reform. and hollywood s golden night. some of the biggest names in entertainment take top honors at the 67th annual golden globe awards. the winners and losers on stage and on the red carpet today, monday, january 18th, 20. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning, martin luther king jr. day, i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. some 12,000 service men and women are in the region helping to get supplies to earthquake survivors, but some say the aid is not arriving fast enough. there s a lot of frustration. let s get you caught up. some 70,000 bodies have bee
all right. hey, welcome back to morning joe. time to talk about what we learned today. willie geist, i fear asking you, what did we learn today on animal planet. i ll start with something nice. tonight at 7:00, at the barnes & noble, union square, mika s book, all things at once. she ll be signing books. joe s going to be there. i might check in at the bar next door. you ve got the kissing booth. i do. and i don t have to pay. no, yours is free tonight and tonight only. but the real story we want to bring you here, what we learned today, koala love. it happened when andy roddick was being interviewed in australia. you had a couple of koalas at the press conference, just in the background, an expression of their feelings for one another. there s andy roddick, totally oblivious as to what s happening behind him. very charismatic and serious. plenty of charisma in that picture to go around. i can t believe you pushed to put that on again. i thought it was f
three years ago when his invitation to that party was the hottest ticket in town. here s the one of the quotes from commissioner david stern. the possession of firearms by an nba player in an nba arena is of the utmost concern to us. although it is clear that the actions of mr. arenas will result in a substantial suspension or worse, his conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an nba game. that s exactly what you were eluding to, lindsay. the wizards also released a statement. they said this. we fully endorse the decision of the nba to indefinitely suspend gilbert arenas. districtly legal issues aside, gilbert s behavior and statements including his actions and statements last night in philadelphia are unacceptable. some of our other players appear to find gilbert s behavior in philadelphia amusing. this is also unacceptable. our organization never tolerated such behavior. and we have no intention of ever doing so. this is gilbert